3-8 CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING MANAGEMENT ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM

Gateway IP Address

This address tells the router how to forward packets whose destination address matches the route’s IP address and subnet mask. The system forwards such packets to the indicated gateway.

Status

The status of the route provides the information described in Table 3-2.

Table 3-2 Route Status

Status

Description

 

 

Direct

Route to a directly connected network

Static

Route was statically configured

Learned

Route was learned using indicated protocol

Timing out

Route was learned but is partially timed out

Timed out

Route has timed out and is no longer valid

 

 

Top-Level Menu

 

 

system

 

 

 

 

ethernet

interface

 

 

bridge

route

display

ip

arp

static

snmp

rip

remove

analyzer

ping

flush

script

statistics

default

logout

 

 

noDefault

 

 

 

In addition to the routes to specific destinations, the routing table can contain an additional entry, called the default route. The system uses the default route to forward packets that do not match any other routing table entry. You might want to use a default route in place of routes to numerous destinations that all have the same gateway IP address.

Displaying the Routing Table

You can display the routing table for the system to determine which routes are configured and if they are operating.

To display the contents of the routing table, enter the following from the top level of the Administration Console:

ip route display

In the following example, routes for the Switch 2200 are displayed. The configuration of RIP is indicated in the status display.

Destination

Subnet mask

Metric

Gateway

Status

158.101.4.0

255.255.255.0

2

158.101.2.8

Static

158.101.3.0

255.255.255.0

2

158.101.1.2

Learned(RIP)

158.101.2.0

255.255.255.

1

--

Direct

158.101.1.0

255.255.255.0

1

--

Direct

Default Route

--

5

158.101.1.2

Learned (RIP)

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3Com 2200 manual Gateway IP Address, Timing out, Timed out